Knicks Get Tough on Iman Shumpert

Team Takes Curious Stance With Its Young Star

GREENBURGH, N.Y.—Earlier this week, Knicks coach Mike Woodson was asked about his third-year guard, Iman Shumpert, and responded with a deceptively nuanced critique.

"Iman plays hard. That, to me, is the thing that's kept him on the floor," Woodson said, adding that Shumpert had to also become more consistent on defense, where he is sometimes "so over-aggressive that he gets beat."